Brickwork on sidewalk which turns into a public bench in Shiraz, Iran.

1/ Eyewitness accounts from Tehran, Shiraz, Mashhad, and cities along the way. What they describe is not protest but war-like conditions across multiple neighborhoods.

The most Australian video you'll see today https://t.co/Zh6d5AFE7m

My debute in @CityJournal Iranian protesters receive little support for the same reason the atrocities of October 7 were dismissed. Third-Worldism requires the West to be the ultimate villain. Only those who hate/oppose America are granted sympathy. https://t.co/pOykhiqAUM

WHAT IS ‘THE DIFFEREND’? May have noticed if you’ve spent years wasting your time arguing with others online that often people’s priors and presuppositions are so different from your own that it makes it almost impossible to resolve disagreements (especially ideological

Message from inside Iran: Please help us. The situation here is horrific. It is a full scale war. The regime’s forces show no mercy. They shoot protesters in the head and heart and even finish off those already wounded on the streets. In hospitals the wounded are being kidnapped

This is one of the worst downgrades of all time Old London Bridge was a medieval stone structure that stood for over 600 years and was once considered a wonder of the world. It was 926 feet long and filled with houses and shops, making it the longest inhabited bridge in Europe.

Iran is a massive (>90M people, second largest country in West Asia geographically) and massively diverse Middle Eastern country, which complicates the question of regime change and stability in a potential post-Islamic Republic Iran. In terms of religion, there are vast

My latest Khamenei now faces choices with no stable exit. Repression is costly and less effective; sanctions and inflation sharply constrain resources; and external setbacks have narrowed the regime’s room to maneuver abroad. Sustaining control under these conditions requires

Incredible stuff. The United Arab Emirates is cutting funding for scholarships to allow students to attend UK Universities because of fear of Islamist radicalization on those campuses.

You don’t become cooler with age, but you do care progressively less about being cool, which is the only true way of being cool. This is called the Geezer’s Paradox.

Note to people overseas who may have always wondered why Australia's population is so small and there aren't many of us in the centre:

The prime minister of Denmark right now.

These guys are having the most awkward work trip ever.

I must say that the most hilarious twist of tech trajectories of 2025 was the fusion industry realizing they could *double* the economics of fusion reactors by using the neutron blanket to.... Transmute Mercury into Gold. Alchemy is so back

Can’t even tell which one is gluten free :)

Another Zealand. Life goal is to visit the other 2 Zeelands

In NZ both terms are used simultaneously (with a bias to UK). But people have their preferences and some don't know the other term, or know it but don't realize it's the same plant.

"Homonationalism". About a quarter of French far right party's 89 MPs are gay

PSA: If you hit play on “In The Air Tonight” by Phil Collins at 11:56:20PM this New Year’s Eve, the drum fill will welcome you into 2026. Start the year the right way. 📸 Terry O’Neill